"The future made a brief appearance in American Fork Wednesday and is scheduled to be in Spanish Fork today and in Orem on Oct. 27.
Representatives of the Utah Department of Transportation, Utah Transit Authority, Mountainland Association of Governments and local communities held an open house to meet with the public about transportation and other issues. They presented information about Lehi's 2100 North, the I-15 CORE Reconstruction, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, Geneva Road, State Road 92, North County Boulevard, Lehi's 2300 West, Santaquin Main Street and Provo Westside Connector.
Representatives of Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain, Pleasant Grove, Highland, Lehi and American Fork were on hand with maps of and information about some of their future plans, including transportation and trails." -Daily Herald
Showing posts with label roads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roads. Show all posts
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Eagle Mtn: UDOT Road Projects Delayed
"The Utah Transportation Commission is cutting funding to 11 road projects to fulfill a legislative mandate to slash $113 million, and six are in Utah County despite objections from Eagle Mountain that it is unwise to slow projects around the high-growth area.
The Legislature asked the commission to stall $113 worth of projects that are not yet under contract to help fill a budget gap. Thanks to low bids on other projects, though, the Utah Department of Transportation found $28.15 million in savings to put toward that cause, leaving $84.85 million to cut.
Among the cuts are widening and new-highway projects on Geneva Road, two segments of State Route 73, the Vineyard Connector and University Parkway, all Utah County upgrades that Eagle Mountain Mayor Heather Jackson said would help her constituents out of the bottlenecks they currently face heading into Orem and Provo.
"We will still grow," she said, "and if we don't have the roads there we will still be cut off from Utah County."" -SL Trib
The Legislature asked the commission to stall $113 worth of projects that are not yet under contract to help fill a budget gap. Thanks to low bids on other projects, though, the Utah Department of Transportation found $28.15 million in savings to put toward that cause, leaving $84.85 million to cut.
Among the cuts are widening and new-highway projects on Geneva Road, two segments of State Route 73, the Vineyard Connector and University Parkway, all Utah County upgrades that Eagle Mountain Mayor Heather Jackson said would help her constituents out of the bottlenecks they currently face heading into Orem and Provo.
"We will still grow," she said, "and if we don't have the roads there we will still be cut off from Utah County."" -SL Trib
Friday, June 19, 2009
Eagle Mtn: Roads? Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads
"Pony Express Parkway in Eagle Mountain will be extended east to Redwood Road, providing better access in and out of the Utah County city.
Currently, State Road 73 (Lehi Main Street) serves as the only major access road into Eagle Mountain from Utah County.
Mountainland Association of Governments and Utah County have allocated up to $3.5 million to construct the road that will extend the existing parkway through Saratoga Springs." -ksl.com
Click here for the story.
Currently, State Road 73 (Lehi Main Street) serves as the only major access road into Eagle Mountain from Utah County.
Mountainland Association of Governments and Utah County have allocated up to $3.5 million to construct the road that will extend the existing parkway through Saratoga Springs." -ksl.com
Click here for the story.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Eagle Mtn. Traffic Delays Equaling Progress
"Commuters in Eagle Mountain are facing a double dose of road construction.
The intersection known as the four corners in Saratoga Springs is a major route for motorists to and from Eagle Mountain. Redwood Road and State Road 73 in the area both are under construction. Both roads are being widened.
"It takes 15 more minutes, 15 to half an hour longer," one motorist said.
But Scott Thompson of the Utah Department of Transportation says when it's all completed, today's delays will lead to a much better drive.
"(They've) got a new Wal-Mart going in out there. You have a lot more people coming back and forth," he said.
Redwood Road is being widened from Bangerter Highway on the north to 400 South in Saratoga Springs on the south. It should be finished by this fall.
The S.R. 73 work should be wrapped up in June." ksl.com
The intersection known as the four corners in Saratoga Springs is a major route for motorists to and from Eagle Mountain. Redwood Road and State Road 73 in the area both are under construction. Both roads are being widened.
"It takes 15 more minutes, 15 to half an hour longer," one motorist said.
But Scott Thompson of the Utah Department of Transportation says when it's all completed, today's delays will lead to a much better drive.
"(They've) got a new Wal-Mart going in out there. You have a lot more people coming back and forth," he said.
Redwood Road is being widened from Bangerter Highway on the north to 400 South in Saratoga Springs on the south. It should be finished by this fall.
The S.R. 73 work should be wrapped up in June." ksl.com
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Councilman comments on Eagle Mtn. Wanting More Roads Commentary
These are comments from Eagle Mountain City Councilman David Lifferth regarding my commentary on Eagle Mtn. wanting more roads. I always appreciate the time he takes to read and respond on this website.
"I appreciate your frustration. I also agree with one of your solutions. The city is willing to bond for roads outside of our boundaries. I have heard proposals to do this going back to the Bailey administration.
I also agree that bringing business to Eagle Mountain will help with the tax base to pay for road improvements both inside and outside of our borders.
While you may have heard of proposals to bond for a Recreation Center. I have heard public statements opposing bonding for a rec center from myself and other members on the council. The plan to build a rec center has been "unofficially tabled" until the economy turns around.
But, going back to your solution that we need more businesses in Eagle Mountain. You need to look at this from a prospective business viewpoint. If you have a choice to relocate your business to Eagle Mountain, would you want to do that with all of the turmoil, corruption, immature behavior, and anti-business rhetoric that IN THE PAST was common in Eagle Mountain? I think that right now we have the businesses that have chosen to come here despite the bad behavior of city officials, staff, and residents OF THE PAST.
We finally have a mature and responsible Mayor and City Council that is working for the benefit of the city. Despite the economy, I think that Eagle Mountain is finally a safe place for businesses to thrive.
It is hard to predict the future, but I think we have a better chance of getting businesses to move to and start up in Eagle Mountain now that everyone is more mature and responsible. Time will tell."
-David
April 5, 2009 7:39 AM
"I appreciate your frustration. I also agree with one of your solutions. The city is willing to bond for roads outside of our boundaries. I have heard proposals to do this going back to the Bailey administration.
I also agree that bringing business to Eagle Mountain will help with the tax base to pay for road improvements both inside and outside of our borders.
While you may have heard of proposals to bond for a Recreation Center. I have heard public statements opposing bonding for a rec center from myself and other members on the council. The plan to build a rec center has been "unofficially tabled" until the economy turns around.
But, going back to your solution that we need more businesses in Eagle Mountain. You need to look at this from a prospective business viewpoint. If you have a choice to relocate your business to Eagle Mountain, would you want to do that with all of the turmoil, corruption, immature behavior, and anti-business rhetoric that IN THE PAST was common in Eagle Mountain? I think that right now we have the businesses that have chosen to come here despite the bad behavior of city officials, staff, and residents OF THE PAST.
We finally have a mature and responsible Mayor and City Council that is working for the benefit of the city. Despite the economy, I think that Eagle Mountain is finally a safe place for businesses to thrive.
It is hard to predict the future, but I think we have a better chance of getting businesses to move to and start up in Eagle Mountain now that everyone is more mature and responsible. Time will tell."
-David
April 5, 2009 7:39 AM
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Eagle Mtn. Want More Roads Commentary
Issues like this will continue to haunt Eagle Mountain until the city can find a way to bring businesses here. These businesses are needed to generate tax revenue. This is why Saratoga Springs can come up with their portion of the money to build a two-lane highway and Eagle Mountain can't.
If the city is willing to bond for a recreation center then why not be willing to bond for a road? It may be time to re-think some of the priorities at the city council.
Let's face it, the federal, state, and county will not build this road for us and why should they? They don't live here and they probably never drive out here because other than great views there is no business to attend to.
Eagle Mtn. Want More Roads
"A single road leads to Eagle Mountain, home to 20,000 people, and the city has learned it will get no help to add another access route.
"Every time we get a reasonable storm -- rain, snow, or wind -- residents get held up and it gets dramatic," said Councilman Nathan Ochsenhirt, who said he gets many angry calls from residents who repeatedly say "I'm pretty damn sick and tired of having one road into our city."
Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs are stuck squarely with the problem. Both cities held a recent meeting with regional planning officials to discuss how an extension of Pony Express Parkway to Center Street in Saratoga Springs, which would provide a second access to both cities, could be paid for. The answers?
"We will get no help from the county or the state," said Mayor Heather Jackson. "We have to figure out how to fund the dang thing ourselves."
To build just a two-lane road with no center lane will cost $3.5 million, a price that includes both construction and purchasing the needed land. Saratoga Springs officials said they have some road impact fees they can use toward the cost, but for Eagle Mountain there is no such easy solution, said Jackson.
"We could bond," she said. It was unclear whether residents would vote on such a bond.
The city understands that something needs to happen immediately. The urgency has only been underscored by construction at the crossroads of Redwood Road and Lehi Main Street, which has backed traffic up for miles during rush hour on recent days.
Now Eagle Mountain must find a way to come up with its share of the millions needed to construct the road. The city is getting creative. Jackson said the city must build a pipeline for Central Utah Project water to come into the city, and perhaps could use the same right-of-way for both the pipeline and the road.
Eagle Mountain also will ask county officials to chip in because, if built, the parkway would allow the county to abandon the old Fairfield road. And city manager John Hendrickson said the city could try to squeeze funds from the Legislature.
"Is there any more we can do as a council to accomplish this?" Ochsenhirt said. "Is there any possibility that road could be accomplished in the next year?"
"Yes, but we may have to bond for it. We may have to go into debt because you [the council] do not have the funds to do it at this point," Jackson said. "We are trying to find every single way that we can think of.""-Daily Herald
"Every time we get a reasonable storm -- rain, snow, or wind -- residents get held up and it gets dramatic," said Councilman Nathan Ochsenhirt, who said he gets many angry calls from residents who repeatedly say "I'm pretty damn sick and tired of having one road into our city."
Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs are stuck squarely with the problem. Both cities held a recent meeting with regional planning officials to discuss how an extension of Pony Express Parkway to Center Street in Saratoga Springs, which would provide a second access to both cities, could be paid for. The answers?
"We will get no help from the county or the state," said Mayor Heather Jackson. "We have to figure out how to fund the dang thing ourselves."
To build just a two-lane road with no center lane will cost $3.5 million, a price that includes both construction and purchasing the needed land. Saratoga Springs officials said they have some road impact fees they can use toward the cost, but for Eagle Mountain there is no such easy solution, said Jackson.
"We could bond," she said. It was unclear whether residents would vote on such a bond.
The city understands that something needs to happen immediately. The urgency has only been underscored by construction at the crossroads of Redwood Road and Lehi Main Street, which has backed traffic up for miles during rush hour on recent days.
Now Eagle Mountain must find a way to come up with its share of the millions needed to construct the road. The city is getting creative. Jackson said the city must build a pipeline for Central Utah Project water to come into the city, and perhaps could use the same right-of-way for both the pipeline and the road.
Eagle Mountain also will ask county officials to chip in because, if built, the parkway would allow the county to abandon the old Fairfield road. And city manager John Hendrickson said the city could try to squeeze funds from the Legislature.
"Is there any more we can do as a council to accomplish this?" Ochsenhirt said. "Is there any possibility that road could be accomplished in the next year?"
"Yes, but we may have to bond for it. We may have to go into debt because you [the council] do not have the funds to do it at this point," Jackson said. "We are trying to find every single way that we can think of.""-Daily Herald
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Bad News for Utah County Commuters
"Utah lawmakers in the House of Representatives shot down a transportation bill today that would have funded the construction of the Mountain View Corridor and the expansion of I-15 in Utah County. It would also have raised the vehicle registration fee by $20. Bill sponsor Representative Kevin Garn says many legislators switched their votes when representatives from Utah County decided to vote "no" on the bill, because of their opposition to the fee increase.
"$1.8 billion of this $2.4 billion bond goes to Utah County. Half of them didn't vote for it. If they don't want their project, I don't want it either cause it's not my project. If they don't want it, I don't think the rest of the state really cares," he said.
Garn, who sponsored the bill, didn't even vote for it himself. He said the good news is that $170 million allocated to transportation can now be used for other critical programs, but the bad news is the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and critical infrastructure for economic growth. The bill may be reconsidered sometime this afternoon." -KCPW.org
"$1.8 billion of this $2.4 billion bond goes to Utah County. Half of them didn't vote for it. If they don't want their project, I don't want it either cause it's not my project. If they don't want it, I don't think the rest of the state really cares," he said.
Garn, who sponsored the bill, didn't even vote for it himself. He said the good news is that $170 million allocated to transportation can now be used for other critical programs, but the bad news is the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and critical infrastructure for economic growth. The bill may be reconsidered sometime this afternoon." -KCPW.org
Sunday, January 25, 2009
New bill could alter the way you drive
"A proposed legislative bill would require slow-moving caravans of vehicles to pull over if they're on a two-lane highway.
Rep. Fred Hunsaker, R-Logan, is sponsoring the bill that requires a line of five or more vehicles to pull over to the side of the road if the caravan is moving too slowly." -KSL.com
Too bad this only would apply to highways and not streets like Sweetwater Blvd.
But then again, where would people pull over? That mini road we like to call a path.
Rep. Fred Hunsaker, R-Logan, is sponsoring the bill that requires a line of five or more vehicles to pull over to the side of the road if the caravan is moving too slowly." -KSL.com
Too bad this only would apply to highways and not streets like Sweetwater Blvd.
But then again, where would people pull over? That mini road we like to call a path.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Lane Closures on I-15 in Utah County
"The Utah Department of Transportation wants drivers to be aware of lane closures on Interstate 15 in Utah County tomorrow.
Only one lane will be open to traffic between University Parkway and Center Street in Orem from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Crews will be repairing deteriorating pavement.
UDOT says motorists can expect major delays through the construction zone and are advised to avoid this section of I-15 by exiting on University Parkway and taking either U.S. Highway 89 (State Street) or Geneva Road to Center Street and getting back on the freeway." - ksl.com
Only one lane will be open to traffic between University Parkway and Center Street in Orem from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Crews will be repairing deteriorating pavement.
UDOT says motorists can expect major delays through the construction zone and are advised to avoid this section of I-15 by exiting on University Parkway and taking either U.S. Highway 89 (State Street) or Geneva Road to Center Street and getting back on the freeway." - ksl.com
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I-15 Rebuild and Other Roads to Bailout Eagle Mountain
UDOT plans on reconstructing a 20 mile stretch in Utah County to the tune of $2.6 billion dollars. This also includes two new major east-west roads that will be built to avoid construction.
Pioneer Crossing will be the name of a six mile stretch of road located at 1000 South in Lehi from the American Fork Main Street interchange to Redwood Road.
Vineyard Corridor is the name of the other east-west road. It will be a nine mile run that begins in Orem running through VIneyard, Lindon, and the American Fork Main Street interchange.
Pioneer Crossing will be the name of a six mile stretch of road located at 1000 South in Lehi from the American Fork Main Street interchange to Redwood Road.
Vineyard Corridor is the name of the other east-west road. It will be a nine mile run that begins in Orem running through VIneyard, Lindon, and the American Fork Main Street interchange.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Eagle Mountain's "Bridge to Nowhere"?
The Daily Herald is reporting that funding for a study about building a road bridge over Utah Lake has been cut.
Because of the slowing economy, legislators slashed the original budget of $3 million to just $750,000.
Rep. Ken Sumsion R-American Fork insists that the study for the project isn't dead yet.
Because of the slowing economy, legislators slashed the original budget of $3 million to just $750,000.
Rep. Ken Sumsion R-American Fork insists that the study for the project isn't dead yet.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
UDOT Maps Out Wishlist, Includes Eagle Mountain
Utah transport planners have mapped out their wish list of road projects for the future.
Within those plans it includes a Lake Mountain pass road from Utah Lake to Eagle Mountain.
No word on how much this road would cost, but UDOT says that if it expanded the 201 to six-lanes that it would cost them about $2.1 billion dollars.
You can only imagine what Lake Mountain pass would cost
Within those plans it includes a Lake Mountain pass road from Utah Lake to Eagle Mountain.
No word on how much this road would cost, but UDOT says that if it expanded the 201 to six-lanes that it would cost them about $2.1 billion dollars.
You can only imagine what Lake Mountain pass would cost
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Roads, Roads, and More Roads For Eagle Mountain
In a recent joint work session, the Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs city councils came together to bounce ideas off each other about the future of the neighboring cities and to establish an alliance as they approach county and state government for support on several items. Almost everything revolved around roads.
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